Niagara Falls freezes over with mesmerising results

Visitors have been sharing swoon-worthy snaps on social media

Winter has officially arrived in Ontario, Canada, with parts of Niagara Falls frozen over.

Visitors to the attraction were keen to capture the phenomenon, with many uploading photos of the white-clad falls to social media.

Inge Groot took two standout snaps and shared them via Instagram, writing: “The sun came out for only 15 minutes. Just to make this experience even more memorable I guess. I froze my butt off with -25C.”

Her pictures show the falls covered in white, with the rushing water freezing in mid-air to form a cloud.

Photographer Scott Heaney made a special trip to photograph the falls, and was bowled over by their beauty.

He said: “I’ve always wanted a frozen winter shot here, so of course while planning a weekend in Toronto I had to wish for some snow to make a bus ride down there worth it.

“What I didn’t plan on was that my wish would turn into arctic temperatures and a winter storm that even Canadians seemed fazed by.

“But regardless of the absurd cold, I don’t think there’s any question that seeing the falls like this was absolutely worth it.

“I’d say you can make a pretty strong case that winter is the most beautiful time to visit Niagara.”

Emma Grafham also paid a visit to Niagara Falls despite the cold, telling CNN it felt like she was in “Elsa’s castle” from the Disney film Frozen.

“There was even this set of stairs that were placed just outside the look-on spot and they had so much ice on them, it looked like Elsa had just cast her arm out and summoned up some stairs like she does in the movie,” she added.

It follows an intense cold snap in the North-east and Midwest of North America, which has seen heavy snowfall over the past week.

In Toronto, temperatures have dropped as low as -24C, with wind chill overnight making it feel as cold as -38C.